Center for Inner Wellness Blog

Welcome to the Center for Inner Wellness blog - a space for thoughtful conversations, fresh insights, and real answers about personal growth, emotional wellness, and the power of the mind.

Whether you’re exploring how hypnotherapy works, looking for practical ways to move through stress or stuck patterns, or curious about what’s new at the Center - you’ll find articles here to guide, inform, and inspire.

This blog is for anyone ready to create meaningful change - and it’s my way of sharing both the science and the soul behind this work.

True transformation begins within - and I’m so glad you’re here.

Calm Is a Return Skill (Not a Personality Trait)

Calm Is a Return Skill (Not a Personality Trait)

Becky Waters
Published on: 03/09/2026

Why You Can’t “Just Relax” (And How to Return to Steady). Get the free guide with a practical framework to help you recognize your stress loop and return to steady sooner.

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Where Are You Going Now, After This Long Year of Pandemic?

Where Are You Going Now, After This Long Year of Pandemic?

Becky Waters
Published on: 08/16/2021

We’re in the eleventh month of the craziest year ever, entering a traditional time of thanks-giving. In some ways, giving ‘thanks’ seems counter-intuitive. With the destruction of life-as-we-knew it and over one million deaths globally at the time of this writing, there seems little to be grateful for. Or is there?

EmotionsStress Management
How to Quiet Your Inner Critic

How to Quiet Your Inner Critic

Becky Waters
Published on: 09/08/2020

If you’re like everyone else on the planet, you have a critic who lives inside you. And it never stops talking. Sometimes your critic is a perfectionist. Sometimes it’s a tyrant. Regardless of how it shows up, that critical voice does everything in its power to hold you back, keep you down, and make you feel like you’re not enough...

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How to Survive the Craziness of an Insane World

How to Survive the Craziness of an Insane World

Becky Waters
Published on: 08/29/2020

the craziness, violence, and chaotic uncertainty we’re experiencing is no laughing matter. But, maybe the light-heartedness of their music is something we can use. As a musician-composer, I see this music-lyric pairing as a message of hope: an admonition to not get bogged down in life’s absurdities...

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